The Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Ending Sequence, formerly known as Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Ending, is a music and sequence award given at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards since its inaugural edition in 2017. It is given for the best ending sequence in an anime series from the previous year. Winners are determined through a combined voting process by judges and public voting.
The ending sequence "You Only Live Once" composed by Wataru Hatano in Yuri on Ice first won the award in 2017. In the latest edition in 2026, "I" performed by Bump of Chicken in the eighth and final season of My Hero Academia won the award.
Winners and nominees In the following list, the first titles listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The year given is the year the ending song premiered.
2010s Best Ending Year Sequence Anime Recipient(s) 2016(1st) "You Only Live Once" Yuri on Ice Wataru Hatano "ninelie" Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Aimer feat. chelly from Egoist "Pipo Password" Space Patrol Luluco TeddyLoid feat. Bonjour Suzuki "Refrain Boy" Mob Psycho 100 ALL OFF Most Popular "Other": "Styx Helix" Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World Myth & Roid 2017(2nd) "Ishukan Communication" Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid Chorogonzu "behind" Just Because! Karin Isobe, Yuna Yoshino, and Lynn "Hikari, Hikari" Recovery of an MMO Junkie Yuuka Aisaka "Kafune" March Comes in Like a Lion Brian the Sun "Kirameku Hamabe" Land of the Lustrous Yuiko Ōhara "Step Up LOVE" Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond (season 2) Daoko x Yasuyuki Okamura
Best Ending Sequence Year Sequence Anime Recipient(s) 2018(3rd) "Akatsuki no Requiem" Attack on Titan (season 3)| Linked Horizon|- | "Fly Me to the Star" | Revue Starlight | Starlight Kukugumi |- | "Kakatte Koi yo" | Megalo Box | NakamuraEmi |- | "Ref:rain" | After the Rain | Aimer |- | "Spiky Seeds" | FLCL Progressive (season 2) | rowspan="2"| The Pillows |- | "Star Overhead" | FLCL Alternative (season 3) |- ! rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| 2019(4th) |- style="background:#FAEB86" | "Chikatto Chika Chikaa♡"| Kaguya-sama: Love Is War Konomi Kohara "Hold Me Now" Carole & Tuesday Nai Br.XX & Celeina Ann "Sayonara Gokko" Dororo amazarashi "Stand by Me" Sarazanmai the peggies "Torches" Vinland Saga Aimer "veil" Fire Force Keina Suda
2020s Year Sequence Anime Recipient(s) 2020(5th) "Lost in Paradise" Jujutsu Kaisen ALI feat. Aklo "D.D.D.D" Dorohedoro (K)NoW_NAME) "The Great Pretender" Great Pretender Freddie Mercury (posthumous nomination) "Last Dance" In/Spectre Mamoru Miyano "Night Running" BNA: Brand New Animal Shin Sakura feat. AAAMY "Welcome My Friend" The Millionaire Detective Balance: Unlimited OKAMOTO'S 2021(6th) "Shirogane" Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc (season 2)| LiSA, storyboard and direction by Tomonori Sudō|- | "Ganbare! Kumoko-san no Theme" | So I'm a Spider, So What? |Aoi Yūki, storyboard and direction by Shin Itagaki |- | "Infinity" | SK8 the Infinity | Yuuri, storyboard by Hiroko Utsumi, direction by Akemi Hayashi |- | "Nai Nai" | Shadows House | Reona, storyboard and direction by Tomohisa Taguchi |- | "Shogeki" | Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 1 (season 4) | Yuko Ando |- | "Yasashii Suisei" | Beastars (season 2) | Yoasobi |- ! rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| 2022(7th) |- style="background:#FAEB86" | "Comedy"| Spy × Family Gen Hoshino, direction and storyboard by Atsushi Nishigori "Akuma no Ko" Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2 (season 4 cour 2) Ai Higuchi, direction and storyboard by Paraco Shinohara "Heart wa Oteage" Kaguya-sama: Love Is War – Ultra Romantic (season 3) Airi Suzuki, direction and storyboard by Nichika Ono "Koi no Yukue" My Dress-Up Darling Akari Akase, direction and storyboard by Futata "Koshaberi Biyori" Komi Can't Communicate (season 2) Fantastic Youth, direction and storyboard by Kōki Fujimoto "Yofukashi no Uta" Call of the Night Creepy Nuts, direction by Haruka Segawa, storyboard by Tomoyuki Itamura 2023(8th) "Akari" Jujutsu Kaisen (season 2)| Soushi Sakiyama, storyboard and direction by Yojiro Arai|- | "Color" | Spy × Family (season 1 cour 2) | Yama, storyboard and direction by Takayuki Hirao |- | "Happiness of the Dead" | Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead | Shiyui, storyboard and direction by Hanako Ueda |- | "Hawatari Nioku Centi" | Chainsaw Man | Maximum the Hormone, storyboard and direction by Yuki Kamiya |- | "Koi Kogare" | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc (season 3) | Milet and Man with a Mission, storyboard and direction by Yuki Shimizu |- | "Mephisto" | Oshi no Ko | Queen Bee, storyboard and direction by Naoya Nakayama |- ! rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| 2024(9th) |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | "Request"| Solo Leveling Krage, storyboard and direction by Hiromu Ōshiro "Anta Nante" Ranma ½ Riria., storyboard by Minami Kitamura, direction by Minami Kitamura and Fumiyuki Uehara "Burning" Oshi no Ko (season 2) Hitsujibungaku, storyboard and direction by Naoya Nakayama "Kamakura Style" The Elusive Samurai BotchiBoromaru, storyboard and direction by Yuki Yonemuri "Nobody" Kaiju No. 8 OneRepublic, storyboard and direction by Toya Ooshima "Taidada" Dandadan Zutomayo, storyboard by Moko-chan, direction by Moko-chan and Nick McKergow 2025(10th) "I" My Hero Academia: Final Season (season 8) Bump of Chicken, storyboard and direction by Hanako Ueda "Actor" Spy × Family (season 3) Lilas Ikuta, storyboard and direction by Naoki Miyajima "Beautiful Colors" Kaiju No. 8 (season 2) OneRepublic, storyboard and direction by Haruo Okuno "Doukashiteru" Dandadan (season 2) , storyboard and direction by Komugiko2000 "Kawaii Kaiwai" My Dress-Up Darling (season 2) PiKi, direction by Vivinos "Un-Apex" Solo Leveling: Arise from the Shadow (season 2) TK from Ling Tosite Sigure, direction by Hiromu Ōshiro
Records Anime series FranchiseWinsNominationsSeasonsJujutsu Kaisen2Season 1, Season 2Attack on Titan13Season 3, The Final Season Part 1, The Final Season Part 2Spy × FamilySeason 1 cour 1, Season 1 cour 2, Season 3Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba2Mugen Train Arc, Swordsmith Village ArcKaguya-sama: Love Is WarSeason 1, Ultra RomanticSolo LevelingSeason 1, Arise from the ShadowDandadan0Season 1, Season 2Kaiju No. 8My Dress-Up DarlingOshi no Ko
Artist Currently, no artist has both won and nominated in different years for an award more than once. The following artists that has the most nominations without a win below:
ArtistWinsNominationsAnimeAimer03After the Rain, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, Vinland SagaOneRepublic2Kaiju No. 8 (Season 1, Season 2)The PillowsFLCL Progressive (Season 2), FLCL Alternative (Season 3)
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